联合国种族大会之前和期间将举办非政府组织论坛

 

 

NGO Forum¹ to Be Organized Before, During Racism² Conference

Joe De Capua

Washington

16 Aug 2001 16:41 UTC

 

Hundreds of non-governmental organizations are preparing a 1)forum to discuss 2)racism, 3)discrimination, and 4)xenophobia. The NGO forum will be held in the days before and during the World Conference against Racism later this month 8/31) in Durban, South Africa.

Organizers and delegates to the World Conference against Racism NGO forum are working on a declaration to be issued at the meeting. A draft of the declaration recognizes what it calls "5)inherent human 6)dignity and equal and 7)inalienable rights as the cornerstones of freedom, justice, and peace."

Moshe More director of the forum says, "The NGO forum is important because it is basically a 8)platform where civil society organizations, as well as ordinary citizens of the world, have an opportunity to input³ into debates that are going to shape policies around the world."

Mr. More says, as at many U.N. 9)sponsored conferences, there is expected to be 10)friction between non-governmental organizations and government delegations⁴. "The tension is inevitable," he says. "There will be some level of tension. But in this particular instance the nature and level of tension will be different. I think it will be different because some level of trust has been developed between NGO's and government as part of the process leading to the World Conference against Racism."

Some issues have already 11)triggered 12)controversy leading up to the World Conference against Racism. For example, the call by some parties for reparations for slavery and colonialism, and a statement equating⁵ Zionism to racism.

But Mr. More says it is unlikely that the issue of 13)Zionism being equated⁶ to racism will be discussed at the NGO forum. "If you look at the draft declaration of the NGO forum," he says, "it does not contain anything related to Zionism and racism. But it basically contains issues around occupied territories, issues around violence in the Middle East, policies of the Palestinians toward Israel as well as Israel toward Palestine."

But he says slavery reparations will be discussed and debated among the non-governmental organizations.

The forum's guiding principles say racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related forms of intolerance are the most serious violation⁷ of human dignity in the contemporary world. The World Conference against Racism NGO forum runs from August 28 through September 1.

 

 

(1)      forum[5fC:rEm]n.论坛, 法庭, 讨论会

(2)      racism n.种族主义, 人种偏见, 种族歧视

(3)      discrimination[dIskrImI5neIF(E)n]n.区别, 识别力, 辨别力, 歧视

(4)      xenophobia[zenE5fEJbIE]n.仇外, 惧外者

(5)      inherent[In5hIErEnt]adj.固有的, 内在的, 与生俱来的

(6)      dignity[5dI^nItI]n.尊严, 高贵

(7)      inalienable[In5eIlIEnEb(E)l]adj.(指权利等)不能让与的, 不能剥夺的

(8)      platform[5plAtfC:m]n.(车站)月台, 讲台,平台

(9)      sponsor[5spRnsE(r)]n.发起人, 主办者,主办人vt.发起, 主办v.赞助

(10)      friction[5frIkF(E)n]n.摩擦, 摩擦力

(11)      trigger[5trI^E(r)]vt.引发, 引起, 触发

(12)      controversy[5kRntrEv:sI]n.论争, 辩论, 论战

(13)      Zionism[5zaIEnIz(E)m]n.犹太复国主义,犹太复国运动

 

 

 

1 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

2 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。

3 input   

n.输入(物)；投入；vt.把(数据等)输入计算机

参考例句：

• I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
• All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。

4 delegations   

n.代表团( delegation的名词复数 )；委托，委派

参考例句：

• In the past 15 years, China has sent 280 women delegations abroad. 十五年来，中国共派280批妇女代表团出访。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• The Sun Ray decision follows the federal pattern of tolerating broad delegations but insisting on safeguards. “阳光”案的判决仿效联邦容许广泛授权的做法，但又坚持保护措施。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

5 equating   

v.认为某事物（与另一事物）相等或相仿( equate的现在分词 )；相当于；等于；把（一事物） 和（另一事物）等同看待

参考例句：

• [ Ray ] I definitely started equating crossword puzzles with songwriting. 我已经干脆开始把字谜游戏等同于歌曲写作了。 来自电影对白
• But they have a hard time equating plural marriage with those evils. 但是他们很难把这种多妻婚姻与上面说的那些坏事联系起来。 来自互联网

6 equated   

adj.换算的v.认为某事物（与另一事物）相等或相仿( equate的过去式和过去分词 )；相当于；等于；把（一事物） 和（另一事物）等同看待

参考例句：

• Production costs for the movie equated to around 30% of income. 这部电影的制作成本相当于收益的30%。
• Politics cannot be equated with art. 政治不能同艺术等同起来。

7 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。